Moldova's Customs Service collects over 695 million lei last week

Chisinau, 18 July /MOLDPRES/ - The Customs Service (SV) collected over 695.4 million lei (34.7 million euros) on the period 11 – 17 July 2022, which is by 20.9 per cent more against the budgetary task set for this time interval.

According to SV, private people introduced goods, the value of which in customs exceeds the non-taxable limit, with over 8.1 million lei collected, which accounts for 3.6 per cent of the overall sum collected. The money collected from tax payers is transferred directly to the state budget and redistributed for salaries, developing infrastructure, social projects, etc.   

Also, in the last week, decision-makers processed 11,577 customs declarations and the flow of transport means stood at about 79,215 crossings.

As for combating frauds, on this period, decision-makers found out 104 infringements of the customs legislation and fines worth over 309,000 lei were imposed. 

Since early 2022, the Customs Service has collected 17.1 billion lei to the state budget, up by 23.4 per cent against the collections recorded on the same period of the year before.